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Hugo Chavez has most recently been quoted in an article called Stalled Brazilian Odebrecht projects decay in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez said, “Odebrecht is a friendly company and in Venezuela it's behaved itself extraordinarily well.”. Hugo Chavez has been quoted a grand total of 53 times in 51 articles.

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Behind these groups of police or soldiers are the dark hands of the empire, and political forces on the extreme right in Ecuador and the United States. I'm sure the same thing in Venezuela some years ago.feedback

(The 2012 campaign) is mine. I'm here supporting my candidates, our candidates. I'm warming up our engines because in December 2012, no matter who the 'Yankees' put over there in the opposition camp, we are going to rip them to shreds.feedback

He is heading to Bogota for the inauguration of President Santos and he has a mission that we have discussed a lot here today with Secretary-General Nestor Kirchner who is [also] going to Bogota. We are very optimistic. We just have to move forward.feedback

All that it's like an orchestra. On one side there's the royal Spanish court and on the other side there's Washington. And finally there's the court of Human Rights, which the other day dedicated nearly 300 pages to us. And that is no coincidence, it's all orchestrated. Behind all that of course is the Yankee empire.feedback

You have to prepare for the rupture of relations with Colombia because its going to happen… there is no chance of a way back or an embrace with Uribe, no, no its impossible. Those seven yankee bases are a declaration of war against the Bolivarian revolution and that's how we see it, as a declaration of war.feedback

There's no excuse not to end sanctions on Cuba. Everyone wants him to, I'm sure that even the American people want him to do it. There's no excuse for him not change history – he has an enormous opportunity.feedback

In the United States or in Cuba? Who has the democracy-meter to measure that? Is it true that there's more democracy in the United States than in Cuba? I have no doubt in saying that there's more democracy in Cuba than in the United States.feedback

The victory today is a victory for all Venezuela. A victory for those who did not vote and for those who vote no. Even if they do not accept defeat and do not understand that it is a victory for Venezuela, they are part of Venezuela.feedback

Russia has sufficient capacity to ensure its presence in various parts of the world. Their ships might show up in Asian, African or Caribbean waters. I will not be surprised. If Russia's armed forces want to be present in Venezuela, they will be given a warm welcome.feedback

They say we are to blame for the price of oil. They are the ones to blame in the first place, for their wastefulness, their consumption. It's not OPEC. They want to demonise OPEC before the world. They want to turn the world against OPEC.feedback

Today the head of the empire is going around trying to extinguish the blaze. He won't be able to. Not this empire, nor a thousand empires will put out the Sandinista, Bolivarian, popular freedom flames rising up from these lands.feedback

We came here first and foremost to make proposals, and to continue our discussions about, and to approve, agreements, programmes and projects, which will strengthen real integration, the integration of South America. But we are also here to contribute to something that we consider an absolute necessity – reforming Mercosur.feedback

It's very simple. It's like when you employ someone and the contract is up, or if you have an arrangement, like when you give someone the right to clean your house for a month, and when that time is up you are not happy, and you decide not to renew the contract or the arrangement. It's very straightforward.feedback

Evo, we know this battle is hard, you can always count on our support for that battle here, in the United Nations, in the Organisation of American States, and in the world to defend the coca farmers, who are being demonised.feedback

The oil is still flowing from Venezuela to the United States. Venezuela needs it to sustain its economy. Under Chavez the Venezuelan economy has been very dependent on oil, as it was before, and the United States is the main consumer, the main market, even though they have tried to diversify. It is just that everything is set up to favour the United States.feedback

There are big national companies and some international firms that earn a lot of money and support the opposition's plans. It would not be a bad idea to order the nationalisation of big companies for attempting to act against the constitution and national peace.feedback

No one should think that with my presence here today, on the 4th of July, means that we've won the battle. I know that you all understand, and that you'll all be the first ones to accompany me towards a definitive victory.feedback

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